“No, I mean it. That was beautiful.”
“It was always my favorite as a kid,” she admits.
“I can see why. Will you sing it again for me?”
She looks at me for a long moment. Then she nods and starts the song all over again.
Her words dip towards the end of the lyrics, and I can tell that she’s tired.
Her eyelashes are fluttering closed more often than not and her arms are getting heavier across my chest.
I reach out and pull the thick rug from the bench. Pulling it over us, I settle my head back.
And then I relax into the first night of peaceful sleep that I’ve had since Sean left.